Archives - 02 August 2017, Wednesday

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Dianrong said on Wednesday it raised $220 million from a group of investors led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte Ltd, looking to step up research of new technology as it expands across China and explores ventures in...

Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Dianrong said on Wednesday it raised $220 million from a group of investors led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, looking to step up research of new technology as it expands across China and explores ventures in other countries in the region...

To cope with overwhelming demand in Singapore, Amazon is getting more drivers to help deliver goods. Ben Fox Rubin/CNET Amazon 's Prime Now launched in Singapore last week, and the demand has been tremendous. Maybe a little too tremendous. To make good on its two-hour delivery promise...

Singapore’s financial regulator has joined the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in clarifying its stance on DAO and ICO tokens. In a circular issued Tuesday, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) stated tokens would fall under its jurisdiction if they “constitute produc...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Dianrong said on Wednesday it raised $220 million from a group of investors led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte Ltd, looking to step up research of new technology as it expands across China and explores ventures in...

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Sources: SoundCloud to sell stakes to Raine Group, a boutique bank, and Temasek, Singapore's state investment firm, by end of this week — SoundCloud Ltd. is close to selling stakes to the Raine Group and Temasek Holdings, deals that would help stabilize the owner of the popular music-...

Cure the end-of-summer blues with a fresh batch of new trends to try. Read on to see the latest in style, beauty and food. Food or dye They say you are what you eat, but some people are taking that literally. Saves around food tattoos are up more than 800% YoY in the U.S., and people ...

BOGOR, Indonesia: The battle lines are being drawn in Indonesia between a group which campaigns for an Islamic caliphate through non-violent means and those who are concerned it is undermining the country’s social and religious harmony. One of the front lines in this battle is Bogor A...

There was a time not so long ago when Beijing courted Asean with a charm offensive, a diplomatic strategy that was open to compromise and focused on growing goodwill and support in the region for China. Now, it seems that strategy is supplemented by a shame offensive, and the recent B...

This year, Universal Studios Singapore's attendance reached a record high The park also frequently receives high ratings on major travel sites. So, it is no wonder that USS is TripAdvisor's best amusement park in Asia for 2017. If a visit to the amusement park has long been sitting on...

Private sector, non-residential solar accounted for nearly half of all the installations. Flickr: JJCB Singapore ended Q1 2017 with 129.8MW of installed solar PV, four times more than the 33.1MW it had at the end of 2014, according to the annual energy report from Singapore’s Energy M...

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has offered reassurances to North Korea that the US does not seek regime change, and wants to have a dialogue. But he emphasised that the US is still relying on China to pressure North Korea - a tactic many analysts say will not work. Implementing s...

To cope with overwhelming demand in Singapore, Amazon is getting more drivers to help deliver goods. Ben Fox Rubin/CNET Amazon 's Prime Now launched in Singapore last week, and the demand has been tremendous. Maybe a little too tremendous. To make good on its two-hour delivery promise...

What to look out for are the proposed opening times, till 3:00am from Sunday to Thursday, and 24 hours on Friday and Saturday. (Do check their Facebook for confirmed opening times, since they are still in the soft launch phase, and may not be that ready.)

Wafuken focuses on cooking ALL their proteins using the sous-vide method. I found that the process helped for certain food items such as chicken breasts in keeping them juicy and smooth, but may not be so for all types of meats.

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said on Wednesday that the volume of trade between Nigeria and Singapore reached N846bn from 2011 to 2015 while the absolute balance of trade was N222 billion in favour of Nigeria. She announced this in Abuja at the signing of an agreement on avo...

In the same vein, how can Washington expect enthusiastic assistance from Moscow on North Korea when Russia is under US sanctions and even more will be imposed soon ? It is hardly possible to insulate the North Korea problem from other issues that bedevil US–Russian relations. Putin mi...

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In a bank’s transaction monitoring process, they’re trying to figure out which transactions are suspicious and then want to investigate them. Usually what’s used by the industry is a rule-based system: you decide what you define as a suspicious transaction, you write a few scenarios t...

SINGAPORE - Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has become the latest multinational firm to back away from casting a wide advertising net online. P&G said last week it cut US$140 million (S$190.3 million) in digital advertising spending in the June quarter because of concerns over b...

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SINGAPORE: The compulsory registration of power-assisted bicycles, or e-bikes, will begin on Aug 14, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on Wednesday (Aug 2). Last year, the Active Mobility Panel suggested that e-bikes be registered to facilitate enforcement against errant ri...

Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Dianrong said on Wednesday it raised $220 million from a group of investors led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, looking to step up research of new technology as it expands across China and explores ventures in other countries in the region...

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday described North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a "fool" and a "son of a bitch", just days before Manila hosts an international meeting certain to address Pyongyang's long-range missile tests. Duterte held nothing back in rebuking...

Excitement surrounds Singapore's journey to becoming a Smart Nation. Driverless cars, artificial intelligence, fintech and the Internet of Things (IoT) offer great promise for a brighter future. But recent global incidents such as the WannaCry and Petya cyber attacks are stark reminde...

JAKARTA - Indonesia has revived a plan to connect Batam and Bintan with a 7-km bridge as part of President Joko Widodo's plan to boost connectivity in Riau Islands province, also known as Kepri. The project involves the construction of three links - from Batam to Pulau Tanjung Sauh, t...

Dressed all in blue, you would find a 3-storeys high building painted in blue (THAT shade azure blue), with balcony seats at the second level overlooking the street below and window ceiling on the third floor for some sunlight.